Engines of Destiny by Gene DeWeese
Yes I know this book was released ten years ago, but it's a standalone adventure and I am considering reading it, so please out of respect, do not spoil it in this thread, beyond the details I am about to discuss in this post.
What I would like to do is explain the things I know about this story so far, and then ask a multiple choice question about how this story handles its ending.
My decision whether or not to read the book will be based on which answer is given.
However, I do not wish to have any details whatsoever spoiled beyond the simple "A," "B," "C," or "D" answer to my multiple choice question. I will appreciate your help given, without additional spoilers. Thanks.
So here's what I know so far.
1. Shortly after Relics, Scotty meets some aliens who have a very old Klingon Bird-of-Prey conveniently similar in design to the Bounty from Star Trek IV.
2. Scotty thinks "Hey, I can use the logs from the whale incident to re-create time travel in this rickety Klingon ship, and go back and save Kirk from being sucked into the Nexus."
3. He steals the logs from the Enterprise D and goes back in time as planned, and the Enterprise D follows him because Guinan.
4. Successfully beaming Kirk from Deflector Control on the Enterprise B causes the universe to transform around them into a late 23rd century where the Borg mostly control the AQ...
5. ...Because without Kirk around in the Nexus to come help Picard stop Dr. Soren, Picard and the E-D crew are ultimately killed at Veridian III, and there is nobody to follow the Borg back in time, save 21st century Earth from assimilation.
I am assuming that at the conclusion of the novel, the timeline has been restored, E-D and Scotty are safely returned circa TNG season 7 in the Prime timeline, and that's it.
Heres my multiple choice regarding the ending. Which of the following best describes the ending.
a) Reset button: Nobody remembers that any of the book's events took place. It never happened.
b) Reset button: According to the time travel logic in the novel, nobody should remember the events, but one or more characters have weird feelings or intuitions or dreams suggesting that the novel's events took place.
c) All of Scotty and the entire crew of the Enterprise-D come through at the end entirely remembering the series of events in the alternate timeline.
d) At least one character in the novel entirely remembers the experiences they had while they were in the "alternate" timeline.
So which is it, from the above? And, I can't stress this enough, please answer without giving any additional story details or saying which characters remember what. Thank you.
Yes I know this book was released ten years ago, but it's a standalone adventure and I am considering reading it, so please out of respect, do not spoil it in this thread, beyond the details I am about to discuss in this post.
What I would like to do is explain the things I know about this story so far, and then ask a multiple choice question about how this story handles its ending.
My decision whether or not to read the book will be based on which answer is given.
However, I do not wish to have any details whatsoever spoiled beyond the simple "A," "B," "C," or "D" answer to my multiple choice question. I will appreciate your help given, without additional spoilers. Thanks.
So here's what I know so far.
1. Shortly after Relics, Scotty meets some aliens who have a very old Klingon Bird-of-Prey conveniently similar in design to the Bounty from Star Trek IV.
2. Scotty thinks "Hey, I can use the logs from the whale incident to re-create time travel in this rickety Klingon ship, and go back and save Kirk from being sucked into the Nexus."
3. He steals the logs from the Enterprise D and goes back in time as planned, and the Enterprise D follows him because Guinan.
4. Successfully beaming Kirk from Deflector Control on the Enterprise B causes the universe to transform around them into a late 23rd century where the Borg mostly control the AQ...
5. ...Because without Kirk around in the Nexus to come help Picard stop Dr. Soren, Picard and the E-D crew are ultimately killed at Veridian III, and there is nobody to follow the Borg back in time, save 21st century Earth from assimilation.
I am assuming that at the conclusion of the novel, the timeline has been restored, E-D and Scotty are safely returned circa TNG season 7 in the Prime timeline, and that's it.
Heres my multiple choice regarding the ending. Which of the following best describes the ending.
a) Reset button: Nobody remembers that any of the book's events took place. It never happened.
b) Reset button: According to the time travel logic in the novel, nobody should remember the events, but one or more characters have weird feelings or intuitions or dreams suggesting that the novel's events took place.
c) All of Scotty and the entire crew of the Enterprise-D come through at the end entirely remembering the series of events in the alternate timeline.
d) At least one character in the novel entirely remembers the experiences they had while they were in the "alternate" timeline.
So which is it, from the above? And, I can't stress this enough, please answer without giving any additional story details or saying which characters remember what. Thank you.
